Image masking is an amiable thing in the product designer tool. For many products like T-shirts, calendars, mugs, photo books, this feature will be helpful.
By keeping this in mind, we have given a facility to upload masking files for every individual product. Not only it limits to the products, but you can upload different types of masking shapes for your products. So that your shopper can add some spicy outline to a product.
Click on this link for adding a masking file for an individual product.
Masking on shapes
The store owner can add a variety of shapes with masking features from Product Designer ➤ Manage Shapes.
Note: These shapes are made for our demo store.
After clicking Manage Shapes, the Manage Shapes page will be open up. From here, you can add, edit, and manage shapes.
For creating the new shape, click on the “Add Shape” button, and the Add shape page will open up.
Follow the steps to add a new shape to your store.
Shape Name: Enter a suitable Name for your Shape.
Main Image: Upload the main image for your shape, this image will act as a thumbnail for this shape.
Masking Image: Upload a masking image for your shape.
Status: Select the status for this shape (Enable/Disable).
Remember, the masking image must be in SVG format.
This feature can be used for any product, but this feature is included in the premium package.
You can also delete shapes. Select the shape you want to delete click on the “Delete” button from the “Action” drop-down menu. Press the “OK” button in the confirmation message.
Masking on calendar and photobook Templates
A personalized calendar or photobook can remind us of our unique moments of any special occasion or any big day. Each page of the month can be customized. Have birthday photos, unique holiday photos that represent a specific month or your customer can add text, quotes, backgrounds, cliparts for personalizing the premium calendar. These customizations are also applicable to the photobook as well.
For uploading masking images, go to Product Designer ➤ Manage Product Template. The product template page will open up. Here you can see all the list of products.
Note: These Products are made for our store.
From this tab, you can add, edit, and manage the product templates. For adding a masking image to a new product template, click on this link.
For uploading the masking image to existing product templates, click on the “Edit” button of the product.
The Edit Product template page will open up. Check all the details of your product and scroll down to Product Template Images. Browse and upload the masking file from here for your image.
For example, this a Personalized calendar and black part is its masking image; the customer can add customization on the black part only.
Manage Product Template feature is included in Photo Calendar Add on, so one has to purchase separately.
Masking Images of Photobook layouts
Create the Pre-designed layouts for your customer to design the photo book pages and calendar from > Product Designer ➤ Manage Photo Book Layouts.
Note: These are the layouts made for our store.
This page is Manage Photobook Layouts page, from here you can add, edit, and manage layouts. Click on this link for elaborated detail.
For adding a masking image to the existing layout, click on the “Edit” button of the layout.
After clicking on the “Edit” button, the Edit Layout page of the product will open up. Check all the details of the layout and come down to Main and Masking Image.
Main Image: Browse and upload the main image for this layout.
Masking Image: Browse and upload the masking image for this layout.
Status: Select the status (Enable/Disable).
After uploading the images, click on “Save Layout” button.
Manage Photo Book Layouts is included in Photo Album Add on, so one has to purchase separately.
Masking Images for design ideas
The design idea feature lets you offer unlimited photo album templates for the customization to your customers related to the occasion and type.
For uploading masking images to photo album templates go to > Product Designer ➤ Manage Design Ideas.
Note: These Ideas are made for our store.
This page is the Manage Design Ideas page here you can get all the list of design ideas. For adding the masking image for the new design idea, click on the link.
For adding the masking image on the existing design idea, click on “Edit” button of that design idea.
After clicking on the “Edit” button, the Edit Design Idea page will open up. Check all the details and scroll down to Main, Masking, and Background Image.
Main Image: Browse and upload the main image for the design idea.
Masking Image: Browse and upload the making image for the design idea.
Background Image: Browse and upload the background image for the design idea.
After uploading all the images, click on the “Save Design Idea” button.
Manage Photo Book Layouts is included in Photo Album Add on, so one has to purchase separately.
